We invited China expert and rediff.com columnist Dr Srikanth Kondapalli, associate professor of Chinese Studies at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, for a chat with our readers on the Sino-India ties. Here's the transcript...
The ministry sought to allay the rating agency's concerns and said economic growth was on an upward swing.
'There are hundreds of items from Madhya Pradesh, Andhra, Rajasthan, Gujarat in Subhash Kapoor's loot. The Tamil Nadu Idol Wing wants to just prosecute Kapoor for three cases and close it. To me that's myopic.'
There's still little indication of forward movement in Indo-US defence relations.
'A three generation US-Pakistan relationship is not likely to be snapped any time soon. All this presents an irritant to an India that wishes to concentrate on economic development,' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara said rankings need to be fairly done. 'A fair FTP is the first step towards having proper rankings.'
'When he first came to office, my belief is that the PM's reading of the landscape was that, with a vanquished Congress and fragmented Opposition, he was looking at least at two terms in office. This reading perhaps allows for a more cautious, gradual approach.' 'It was only a matter of time before the government was forced to come face-to-face with a serious corruption scandal. This is not a commentary on the BJP, but a statement about India's political economy.' 'There is growing concern about the government's commitment to freedom of expression, religious tolerance, and an independent civil society. Thus far, the positive movement on strategic and economic matters has crowded out these concerns, but they are lingering beneath the surface.'
Pakistan faces a challenge largely of its own creation and only political processes can correct it, argues Raza Rumi.
'India has always been a land of acceptance of diversity. But if the evangelical activities continue unabated, there is no doubt this will cause a backlash.' 'One exclusive ideology begets another. The hit list will spread. The more strident the evangelists, the more strident the voices for Ghar Wapsi will grow.'
Once called India's garden city, this upper middle-class residential area in Bangalore has India's most toxic air, says Devanik Saha, IndiaSpend.com.
India's GDP at $4-trn by 2025 may provide a springboard to discretionary spend.
The elements are all aligned to make India a global powerhouse, says IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde.
Naik is passionate about protecting India's manufacturing sector from the onslaught of Chinese imports.
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Beating of war drums, would further accord primacy to the army in Pakistan. A better approach would be to continue the talks for normalisation of trade relations, while giving the Indian forces autonomy to strike at militant camps across the LoC, says Alok Bansal
Ace off-spinner Harbhajan Singh feels the South African batsmen, who put up 304 for 4 on Day 1 of the first Test, will struggle in the second innings when the pitch deteriorates.
'It has also underestimated the striking force of the Opposition. It has been complacent and paralysed. That may be due to the compulsions of coalition politics and the arrogance of a party which looked at itself as entitled to rule,' says political scientist Christophe Jaffrelot.
The survey carried out by Max New York Life and the NCAER based on income data has found that India has less poverty than estimated by the government's National Sample Survey.
Apart from the regional exploration for gold and diamond undertaken by Geological Survey of India, since the year 2000, the Indian government has been giving prior approvals for grant of reconnaissance permits for regional exploration of gold and diamond to various applicants, including private companies, said a statement from Ramdas Agarwal, Minister of Mines.
"The message -- of love and peace, of non-violence and satyagraha, of equality and harmony -- is universal. It is a message for all times, for all societies and for all people," Dr Singh said.
Has New Delhi internalised the truth that it does not matter, asks Saeed Naqvi. Such deafening silence from the government, principal opposition, even the pundits!
'Minorities should not fear a Modi sarkar... Who has given the right to kill in the name of religion? No one! You are not James Bond 007, that you will just take a shotgun and kill anybody at your whims and fancies. We are not living in a banana republic...' The inimitable Shatrughan Sinha on Narendra Modi as a dabbang action hero, what a Modi Sarkar would be like.
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A civil court has fined Wasim Akram after he failed to appear to defend charges of hurting religious sentiments by modelling in an Indian liquor advertisement.
Ricky Ponting believes Australia could risk blowing their chances of winning the second Test against India if they are too greedy for runs.
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